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Tourism: China’s People Power Tool
China has an underappreciated foreign policy tool that it has used increasingly in recent years: tourism. When Beijing wants to punish countries that go against its foreign po...
By Edoardo Saravalle
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AI researchers should help with some military work
In January, Google chief executive Sundar Pichai said that artificial intelligence (AI) would have a “more profound” impact than even electricity. He was following a long trad...
By Gregory C. Allen
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The North Korean summit is over. Now for the hard part.
President Trump's meeting with Kim Jong-un in Singapore was heavy on drama but ultimately light on specifics. Kim agreed to complete denuclearization, and the U.S. to provide ...
By Richard Fontaine
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How to Increase Pressure if Diplomacy with North Korea Fails
The uncertain results of President Trump’s June 12 summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, and history of unmet expectations from past efforts, brings home the fact tha...
By Daleep Singh & Peter Harrell
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What the Interwar Years Say About the US Army’s Newest Force Concept
You fix the roof when it’s sunny, says U.S. Army Secretary Mark Esper, pointing to his service’s various efforts to improve doctrine and gear during a relative lull in fightin...
By Lauren Fish
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New Frontiers of Chinese Defense Innovation: Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Technologies
Will the Chinese military succeed in advancing new frontiers of defense innovation? China has already emerged as a powerhouse in artificial intelligence and quantum technologi...
By Elsa B. Kania
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North Korea Must Come Clean About Its Dirty Money
With the June 12 summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un having concluded with a joint statement establishing the mutual desire for the “denuclearization of the Korean pen...
By Neil Bhatiya & Elizabeth Rosenberg
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The Singapore summit’s three big takeaways
It was like prom for Asia security watchers. The surprise invitation came out of the blue and was accepted, seemingly on a whim. The Singapore summit quickly became the will-t...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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After Singapore summit, Congress must navigate a path to normalization
Following the Trump-Kim summit, Congress will find itself juggling two somewhat conflicting briefs: giving the president space to make diplomatic headway while ensuring that s...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Kristine Lee
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Breakout Briefer: Stability at Stake: Addressing Critical Regions Facing Complex Climate, Security, and Nuclear Risks
When the Working Group on Climate, Nuclear, and Security Affairs met in May 2017, it affirmed that there are no linear, predictable pathways for catastrophic events in either ...
By Neil Bhatiya
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The United States and Europe Still Need Each Other
Talk to any long-standing observer of the trans-Atlantic relationship and you will hear that the United States and Europe are on a collision course. From climate change to the...
By Julianne Smith
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Wanted: Your views on foreign policy
I grew up in Farmington, in the suburbs of Detroit. Since I left for college in 1987, I have spent most of my time in Washington and overseas working on foreign policy, partic...
By Julianne Smith
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Congress must rein in White House economic national security powers
President Trump has embarked on an unprecedented use of national security authorities to implement his “America first” economic agenda. His use of national security authoritie...
By Peter Harrell
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What to Expect from Modi’s Participation in China’s Upcoming SCO Summit
China’s President Xi Jinping is known for his predisposition towards grand diplomatic gestures that demonstrate to the world that the “great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation...
By Abigail Grace
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The G7 summit will be contentious — for all the wrong reasons
Leaders of the Group of 7 industrialized democracies will gather this week in Quebec for their annual meeting on the world's economy. Following the Trump administration's rece...
By Richard Fontaine
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Congress Should Oversee America’s Wars, Not Just Authorize Them
Nearly 17 years after the 9/11 attacks, a bipartisan coalition of senators has put forward legislation that promises to overhaul the legal framework for America’s worldwide ca...
By Richard Fontaine & Vance Serchuk
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The Pro-Assad Alliance Is Coming Apart
In a May 21 speech on U.S. strategy following President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo struck a tough tone, pro...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Nicholas Heras
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Asean is the fulcrum of a free and open Indo-Pacific
More than half a year has elapsed since President Donald Trump's inaugural Asian tour, during which he announced a US vision of a "free and open Indo-Pacific". The bare bones ...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Abigail Grace
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Artificial Intelligence, International Competition, and the Balance of Power
In early September 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin brought artificial intelligence from the labs of Silicon Valley, academia, and the basement of the Pentagon to the fo...
By Michael Horowitz
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Back to the future: North Korea policy returns to business as usual
The cancellation of the widely anticipated Trump–Kim summit in Singapore represents the latest turn in a period of dramatic zig-zag diplomacy: Just a few months ago, the Presi...
By Richard Fontaine